stallion

C1 Topic:Animals
US /ˈstæljən/ UK /ˈstæljən/
noun Freq #14263

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    an adult uncastrated male horse, especially one kept for breeding

    The stallion stood apart from the mares in a fenced paddock.

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Synonyms
1 noun · an adult uncastrated male... studstudhorse
Word family
Forms stallions
Derived forms stallionlikestallioner
Related forms maregeldingcoltfoal

Etymology

From Middle English stalion, from Anglo-French estalon, a breeding male, of Germanic origin and related to stall. The word displaced the native Old English hengest in this sense.

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